As Irwin left the office, Vendetta chimed,'Ping!'[User has just three days left to complete his task!]"I know," Jed hummed into the air. He turned to the PC on his desk and opened the saved file of an unfinished tender.His brows knitted as he set to work. His fingers worked swiftly on the keyboard. But some minutes later, his phone rang,Ping!Ping!He didn't look pleased at being disturbed while at work but his expression changed when he saw the caller id."Hello—"His words were cut off by an angry lioness, "Why weren't you home last night? You didn't send a text or even bother calling. I kept looking out of the window."There were noises in the background to indicate she was in the hospital."I'm sorry," Jed bowed slightly although she couldn't see it."Apology not accepted," Her voice took a turn from being fierce to soft."I wasn't able to read the news yesterday because I was busy but I heard rumors. Are you working overtime because of the tender?"Jed ruffled his hair as he
The glass doors pushed open and Jed walked in followed by Irwin and two other secretaries. His footsteps faltered when he saw Cullen.The people behind him also automatically stopped. The two brothers made eye contact and others in the conference room could almost smell the gunpowder in the air.Cullen's eyes curved coldly and seemed to say. 'Brother... We meet again.'However, Jed's expression was unreadable. He just gave Cullen a glance and then looked away, walking to the seats designated to them.Cullen's hands rolled into fists by his side. This was the exact thing he hates about this bastard. He acts like someone isn't worth his attention.He expected after so many years, Jed would at least react in surprise to see him but no... The bastard just gave him that cold, mocking look.What Cullen didn't know was that although Jed looked calm on the surface, his mind was actually in turmoil.'Could Cullen possibly be the one that's been attacking me from the shadows?'He was perplexed.
"Ah," Irwin groaned slightly as he lifted his palm to touch the warm liquid escaping from his forehead.He didn't realize his seatbelt wasn't placed well until the car came to an abrupt stop so he bashed his head against the dashboard."What's wrong with you? Is this how you drive?" Jed lost his temper and hurriedly passed some tissues forward for Irwin to use in minimizing the blood flow.The chauffeur was newly employed so Jed wasn't familiar with his skills yet."Boss, I'm sorry," The wrongly accused chauffeur apologized in a nervous tone. "But, these people—"Jed finally realized something was wrong. His gaze fell on the cars that had obstructed the path and the armed men standing in front of them.One was currently walking in their direction. Jed's eyes grew cold. He didn't want to waste any time with these goons when he had a more important occasion to attend.That annoying heir of the Powell's family wouldn't let him rest if he makes a late entrance to the birthday party."Turn
Ping![User has successfully completed his task!][User has received 3RP][Total RP: 33/100][Total AP: 19/100][There are skills available for purchase. Would the user like to check them out?]Jed was more focused on his miserable account of AP. Over the years while thriving to complete his high level task, the system has only offered him easy tasks whose rewards are only RP and no AP.Now he was even more determined to complete this current high level task so he could take on more tasks that will offer AP which would help in investigating his lost sister's whereabouts."Irwin, get your wound treated before going home," He instructed as the car was taking a turn to the Meta inc location."Yes sir," Irwin looked up from the tablet he was holding. The wound had stopped bleeding but it still hurts."Sir, the intake of sales has increased rapidly after GK's announcement.""Check the board," Jed tapped his fingers on the empty space beside him.Irwin was silent for a while. Only he knows
Jed chuckled throatily. He drained the second cup of champagne and raised it at Drake. "Cheers."A servant passing by collected the empty cup. "Mr Jetti!" A well-known tech magnate who walked up to Jed and Drake."Good evening Mr Powell," He greeted Drake politely but his eyes were on Jed. He stretched out a palm for a handshake."Congratulations on your latest feat, Mr Jetti."Jed humbly accepted the handshake and he was soon whisked away. Drake's expression didn't look good as he watched several CEOs surround Jed.He stepped aside and called someone. "Check the current stats of the board and report back to me."He was feeling so uneasy as he waited for a response. He doesn't understand what Jed was driving at earlier but he knows it isn't something good."Sir," The recipient of his call finally spoke up. "This is not good."Drake's expression darkened. "What's wrong?""Sir, I have sent the current stats to your mail. Check it out." The call was then ended in a hurry as the person fe
The guests around soon began to mumble and this matter reached the ears of the old madam sitting on a golden chair with gifts around her.Mr Powell and Mrs Powell didn't have a good expression but they came forward and defended Jed, after all he is one of the Jetti's."I'm sure you must have gotten it wrong. Young master Jetti won't come to my mother's party without a gift. Besides, he is our specially invited guest so show some respect."After Mr Powell spoke, people didn't dare murmur so loudly anymore but they had already been stirred by Drake Powell so how could they back down?"Grandma, here, I got this for you," A young man stepped forward with his family.A servant was carrying a basket that contained jewelry that spilled out as soon as she dropped the basket.What actually caught people's attention was the beautiful pink stone among the jewelry.Isn't that one of the most expensive rings in the world? They looked at this family in amazement.Only Jed noticed the little frown i
Ben snuck upstairs when he saw that people were distracted with giving their gifts to the old madam.Even Lily had asked him to accompany her to her room earlier to get her own gift but because he was suspicious she might try something funny, he refused.He told her he would just wait for her to get back with the gifts and then they could go together to the old madam.Lily readily agreed because she thought appearing together in front of the old madam will surely give away some hint and Ben won't be able to back out.He got to the first floor successfully unaware his mother had begun to seek his whereabouts as she wanted him to accompany her to pay respects to the old madam.Ben opened the rooms one after the other but aside from staring at beautiful interior designs, there was no one else in there.He was almost losing hope when he opened the last room at the far end of the hall.There she was, sitting gracefully on a stool as her beautiful fingers brushed softly against the surface
"Here, grandma, this is for you," Mrs Palmer walked forward with an embarrassed look while Ben carried the gift.As soon as they presented it, he greeted the old woman, "Wishing you a long life grandma."Madam Powell was pleased because she pulled him in for a hug. "You have grown so well. I suspect we'd be preparing for a wedding very soon."Everyone besides Mrs Palmer and Ben burst into laughter.Thinking of this, Mrs Powell suddenly looked around. "Has anyone seen Lily? She hasn't presented her gift to her grandma yet and that's weird."Ben looked down at his mother who had a disapproving expression on her face.To avoid an embarrassing face-off later, she stepped forward and into the old madam. "Grandma, Ben and I have to leave now. My father is all alone at home and it's getting late.""I understand my child. Go on and extend my greetings to that old man.""Let me just get Lily and we can see you off," Mrs Powell added but Mrs Palmer suddenly shook her head."No need. Lily probabl